The brutal campaign to suppress the Mau Mau rebellion in Kenya took place during her reign, but in what sense was she responsible for that? Elizabeth was a “figurehead,” to use the word Boris Johnson used in her eulogy, and as such she served as a distraction from the brutal acts necessary to preserve a failing empire. That was her job, and she did it very well.
On September 21, 1780, during the American Revolution, American General Benedict Arnold meets with British Major John Andre to discuss handing over West Point to the British, in return for the promise of a large sum of money and a high position in the British army. The plot was foiled and Arnold, a former American hero, became synonymous with the word “traitor.”
The classic Western narrative is that Napoleon had to retreat because of the Russian winter, his forces beaten down by the harsh climate. The standard Russian view is that Napoleon was met by a different natural force – patriotism, which drove ordinary people to take up arms against the French invaders, complementing the efforts of the regular army.
When Israel Murdered American Citizen Rachel Corrie the world saw exactly what Zionism stood for. Rachel's murder at the hands of Israel launched a full-blown censorship campaign to erase it from the record.
The FBI’s questionable use of the dossier in court submissions to secure FISA warrants against Page is well-known, and was a key criticism of a December 2019 Justice Department Inspector General review, which determined the Bureau made 17 errors or omissions in its FISA applications.
